Average wind turbine size
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6MW
Global · 2025
Average wind turbine size worldwide stood at 6 MW in 2025 (GWEC).
- Publisher
- GWEC
- Authority tier
- T2 National
- Locator
- Turbine size trends
- Retrieved
- 16 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
The upward trend in wind turbine size continued in 2025, as the average turbine size surpassed 6 MW.
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- Global Wind Energy Council. (2025). GWEC records sharp rise in wind turbine installations, as five OEMs exceed 100 GW. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.gwec.net/news/gwec-records-sharp-rise-in-wind-turbine-installations-as-five-oems-exceed-100-gw. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_SYBRW93V6PX1D1NY23SRY4M1B7
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- Global Wind Energy Council. "GWEC records sharp rise in wind turbine installations, as five OEMs exceed 100 GW." 2025, https://www.gwec.net/news/gwec-records-sharp-rise-in-wind-turbine-installations-as-five-oems-exceed-100-gw. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_SYBRW93V6PX1D1NY23SRY4M1B7.
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- Global Wind Energy Council. "GWEC records sharp rise in wind turbine installations, as five OEMs exceed 100 GW." 2025. https://www.gwec.net/news/gwec-records-sharp-rise-in-wind-turbine-installations-as-five-oems-exceed-100-gw. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_SYBRW93V6PX1D1NY23SRY4M1B7.
- BibTeX
- @misc{gwec2025averagey4m1b7, author = {{Global Wind Energy Council}}, title = {GWEC records sharp rise in wind turbine installations, as five OEMs exceed 100 GW}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_SYBRW93V6PX1D1NY23SRY4M1B7}, note = {Original source: https://www.gwec.net/news/gwec-records-sharp-rise-in-wind-turbine-installations-as-five-oems-exceed-100-gw. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }
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Primary Source
- Publisher
- Global Wind Energy Council · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 2 · National Official
- Report
- GWEC records sharp rise in wind turbine installations, as five OEMs exceed 100 GW
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- Turbine size trends
- Retrieved
- 16 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- See source
Verification & Integrity
- Audit status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 17 September 2026
- Last revision
- 17 September 2026
- Archival URI
- /stat/stat_SYBRW93V6PX1D1NY23SRY4M1B7